Good Management
As private equity works hard to improve its reputation, the paramount need is to demonstrate that it delivers long-term sustainable value, as opposed to short-term purges or clever financial gearing. This alternative approach, which is equally palatable to workers, unions and private equity—could be simply called "good management." Harnessing the human potential in an organization to create operational transformation may take a little longer than other methods available to private equity, but it is the only guaranteed way to delivering lasting value.

Paul de Janosi can be reached at paul.dejanosi@celerant consulting.com. For more, watch Paul de Janosi discuss the private equity market on Consulting magazine's One on One video podcast at www.consultingmag.com.

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